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fleischschnacka
noun, feminine
an Alsatian meat-stuffed noodle dish, typically made with minced beef
flemmard
noun, masculine
slacker, idler
flemmard
adjective
shiftless, bone-idle
to laze about, to laze around
flemmardise
noun, feminine
laziness
flemme
noun, feminine
laziness; lazy person
flet
noun, masculine
flounder (fish)
fleur
noun, feminine
flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants"); flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself; a kind favor given by one person to another; the best of something; the virginity of a woman
fleur bleue
adjective
mushy, slushy, cheesy, corny, sappy, soppy, schmaltzy, syrupy, saccharine, maudlin, sentimental
fleur cirage
noun, feminine
synonym of otacanthe bleuâtre (Matourea azurea)
fleur d'oranger
noun, feminine
orange blossom
fleur de coin
noun, feminine
a mint coin
fleur de coin
adjective
brilliant uncirculated, mint (in mint condition, in an absolutely pristine state)
fleur de l'âge
noun, feminine
prime of life
fleur de lis
noun, feminine
fleur-de-lis
fleur de sel
noun, feminine
fleur de sel
fleur des morts
noun, feminine
Aztec marigold (Tagetes erecta)
synonym of tournesol du Mexique (“tree marigold”) Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray
fleurage
noun, masculine
flowers; flowering; flower arrangement
fleuraison
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of floraison
alternative spelling of fleurdelyser
fleurdelisé
noun, masculine
flag of Québec
to decorate with fleurs-de-lys
fleurdelysé
adjective
fleur-de-lysed, decorated with fleurs-de-lys
fleurdelysé
noun, masculine
the flag of Quebec
to give off (an odor); to waft; to smell, catch a waft of; to sprinkle
fleuret
noun, masculine
filoselle; a drill or borer to penetrate the base of some construction
fleuret
noun, masculine
foil (weapon)
fleurette
noun, feminine
small flower
fleurettiste
noun, masculine
foil fencer
fleuri
adjective
flowery
fleurie
noun, masculine
a red wine from the Rhône department
to flower; to produce flowers; to bloom; to flourish
fleurissement
noun, masculine
flowering, blooming
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of fleurir
fleuriste
noun, masculine/feminine
florist
fleuristerie
noun, feminine
floristry (commerce); florist's (shop)
fleuron
noun, masculine
jewel; fleuron, finial; fleuron; floret; jewel, emblem
fleuronné
adjective
floreted (decorated with flowers)
fleuve
noun, masculine
a river that flows into an ocean or sea (a river that flows into another river or body of water is called a rivière); a continuous and unstoppable stream of people, things, or words; a river god, or the allegorical artistic representation of a river as an old, bearded man lying on reeds and holding or leaning on an urn from which the river's water flows
fleuve Bleu
proper noun
Blue River
flexibilisation
noun, feminine
flexibilization
to make supple, to make flexible; to become supple
flexibilité
noun, feminine
flexibility; flexibleness
flexible
adjective
flexible
flexibly
flexion
noun, feminine
inflection
flexionnel
adjective
inflected (allowing inflection); inflectional
flexuously, sinuously
flexueux
adjective
flexuous, sinuous
flexure
noun, feminine
flexure
flibuste
noun, feminine
buccaneering, freebooting; buccaneers, freebooters (collectively)
to buccaneer; to steal; to filch
flibustier
noun, masculine
a filibuster, a pirate
flic
noun, masculine
police officer; copper; pig; rozzer
flicage
noun, masculine
policing; surveillance
flicaille
noun, feminine
cops; pigs; the fuzz (the police)
flicard
noun, masculine
cop; police officer
flingot
noun, masculine
gun
flingue
noun, masculine
shooter, pistol, gat (gun)